Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-07
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.
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fSpeeial Correspondence Of Inc AIe1a. UAAEII

rsreois, Correspondence Of the Ale1a. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, D. c.. April 4, 1897.
The democrats of the District OF Columbia
cav that the civil service commission tell
them the District Of Columbia has more fed.
eraI offices THAI it is entitled to, and that
consequently no more district democrats
can be appointed. But, they say, more than
half the Office holders credited to the dIs
trict have oaly lived rs:.siDco they became
Office holders, and would go away if deprived
of their Offices, and that nearly all OF them
are republicans.
A gentleman for Norfolk, hese TO day,
says, Mr. II. E. Mahoney, who bought tue
Alexandra distillery yesterday, is leading
Irish republican of his city, is rich man.
and that his present intention Is to com
mence operations to the full extent OF the
distillery next fall.
Virginians hero say. there are hundreds OF
Virginia voters in this city who should De
sent home 10 vote at the May elections
there. and that heretofore there have always
been parties here who interested themselves
in such work, and executed it effectively ana
cheerlully, but that as such work, under the
new democratic doctrine,i is otiicious partisan
shin. no one seems to care about epSaeh 3
in it. ard that consequently most OF sucn
yoters will be here on election day.
A leading member Of the Virginia egisa-
ture, in the city to-day, and one who has
heretofore been opposed to any settlement
of the Virginia debt except upon the terms
ofthe Riddeberger bill, says the general
impression outside of the legislature seems
to be that the joint committee OF that body
appointed to settle the debt, will do any
thing else than settle it, but that such an
impression is entirely incorrect, and Will be
so proved By the action Of the committee,
which will surprise those who entertain the
impression referred to. He says the agents
of the foreign bondholder5 are expected here
about the 18th inst.
A Richmond gentleman here to-day, says
he cannot understand why, in these days Of
general publicity, the fact that Gen. Gusts
Lee lost $40 900 by the failure Of the late
r. H. Maury, Richmond banker, has es'
capped the newspapers. he says that mol
only did the General lose the sum mention
ed, but that his sister, Miss Mary, lost SIS,
600 BY the same failure. He says the Gen
eral was warned in time to have saved S25,
900, but that on account of long existing
business relations with that banker, his con
fidence in his financial standing could mo-
be shaken. His other sister, Miss Mildred
he saws, would also have suffered, had Il
not been that another one of her brothers
Gen. Rooney Lee, whose confidence wa:
not so unbounded, withdrew her deposits IN
time to save them.
The committee appointed by the Virginia
democratic association Of this city to find
out the number and politics of the depart
ment clerks here credited to Virginia, in
spected the rolls of the Treasury Depart
ment to-day, and, as expected, found tina
but few Of the clerks credited to Virgins
are citizens of the State, and that fewer still
are democrats.
The interstate commerce commission has
created new office, that of auditor Of it:
accounts, with salary of 50 900, and has
also laid out plan for long and expensive
junketing trips, at the expense of the gov
eminent.
Dispositions in the new Emmons case
were commenced hero to-day, Mr.. Linder
Keut appearing IS counsel for Prof. En-
mons.
1t is reported to day that ex Governor
Patiison, of Pennsylvania, has been offered
and will accept, the long vacant Turkish
mission.
Il is rumored day that the Psesiden
does not intend TO appoint the commission
to investigate The affairs of the Pacific rail
roads until after the commencement of TIT
next session of Congress, for the reason tina
if appointed its report could not be prepared
in time for that session. But as such rea
son is silly. it is not credited Among those
spoken of as probable members Of the com
mission is ex-congressman Tucker, of Vir
GINA.
General Malone has not yet returned tt
this city, but is expected here during th'
next three or four days. The purport o
the circular he has had prepared here ad
dressed to his fellow citizens OF Virginia, i
the object OF much enquiry, but is as We
known to only q few, and they are not will
ing that it should be published.